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Fire Safety of Buildings and Technologies

Summary

The study of the subject leads to a deeper understanding of the principles of designing fire safety of buildings and technologies in order to apply the requirements for fire protection of non-production buildings in terms of land, layout, construction and materials and know the possibilities of using fire safety equipment.

Literature

Stollard, P. Fire from First Principles - A Design Guide to International Building Fire Safety. Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Buchanan, A.H., Abu, A.K. Structural Design for Fire Safety (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
Purkiss, J.A., Li, L. Fire Safety Engineering – Design of Structures (3rd Edition). CRC Press, 2013.
Lataille, J.I. Fire Protection Engineering in Building Design. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

Advised literature

Cote, A. E. (editor in chief) Fire Protection Handbook. 20th Edition, Volumes I & II, USA: National Fire Protection Association, 2008.
Drysdale, D. An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom, 2011.
Hurley, M.J. (editor in chief) The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 5th Edition, USA: Springer 2015.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina, čeština, angličtina
Code 030-0928
Abbreviation PBST
Course title Fire Safety of Buildings and Technologies
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.